NOTA fails to make any substantial impact in UP; presence felt

Lucknow: Over 5.91 lakh voters in Uttar Pradesh chose to refuse all the candidates who were in the fray by opting Election Commission's maiden choice given to them “None of the Above” with maximum number

India TV News Desk [ Updated: May 17, 2014 17:08 IST ]

nota fails to make any substantial impact in up presence felt

Lucknow: Over 5.91 lakh voters in Uttar Pradesh chose to refuse all the candidates who were in the fray by opting Election Commission's maiden choice given to them “None of the Above” with maximum number of such votes recorded from Naxal-affected seat of Robertsganj in the state.

In the Robertsganj seat, 18,489 NOTA were polled bringing it in on the sixth spot in terms of votes garnered by each contestant. The seat was won by BJP's Chote Lal who scored 3,78,211 votes, official records said.

Maximum number of NOTA were polled in Uttar Pradesh but it was just about 0.6 per cent of the total votes over eight crore votes cast in the state, it said.

In Kannauj, where Dimple Yadav, wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, remained the winner, total of 7,380 NOTA were polled which was at the fourth spot.